New Delhi, Oct 13: Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who had resigned from service in 2019 in protest against the “shutdown” of Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370, joined the Congress party on Monday in the presence of Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal and senior leader Pawan Khera.
Speaking after joining, Gopinathan said his decision came after years of reflection and travel across India, during which he realized that the Congress was the only political force capable of steering the country “in the right direction.”
I resigned in 2019 because it was clear then that the direction in which the government wanted to take the country was not right,” he said & added that I travelled across 80 to 90 districts, spoke with people, and met several leaders. It became clear that only the Congress party can take the country in the direction in which it should go.
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